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06, 2016
Eastern Montana Tornado Confirmed, Several Injuries Reported
Several people were injured and one person had to be rescued after a tornado destroyed several homes and damaged a dozen others over the weekend in Baker in eastern Montana. National Weather Service meteorologist Wright Dobbs confirmed the tornado, and …
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06, 2016
Washington Doctor Charged with Stealing $359K In Disability, Unemployment Funds
A Washington physician faces charges in connection with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Washington Department of Insurance. Dr. Jian Xu, 59, faces felony charges in King County Superior Court of first-degree theft, filing a false insurance claim and forgery. …
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06, 2016
Insurers Provide Cover for German Banks, Stashing Billions of Euros
Europe’s top insurers are selling protection to German banks that hoard billions of euros of cash in vaults to avoid paying a penalty by parking it at the European Central Bank, company executives told Reuters. The sums are so big …
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12, 2015
Measure in Hawaii Aims to Treat Uber, Lyft Like Taxi Companies
Two Honolulu council members want ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate more like taxi companies. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the city bill includes a variety of changes. Among them, the measure seeks to broaden the definition of …
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12, 2015
Driverless Cars Give Lawyers Bottomless List of Defendants
Imagine a robot car with no one behind the wheel hitting another driverless car. Who’s at fault? The answer: No one knows. But plaintiff’s lawyers are salivating at the prospects for big paydays from such accidents. If computers routinely crash, …
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12, 2015
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Hawk Agency in Illinois
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Hawk Agency Inc. in Peoria, Ill. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thomas D. Fliege and his associates at The Hawk Agency will continue to operate in their current location under …
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12, 2015
Fatal Auto Pedestrian Accidents on the Rise in Texas
The number of fatal auto pedestrian accidents in Texas has risen 36 percent since the Texas Department of Transportation began keeping the records in 2010, recently released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics show. Overall traffic fatalities in Texas rose …
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12, 2015
Oklahoma Judge Won’t Toss Suit over Earthquake Damage
An Oklahoma judge has rejected a request from two energy companies to throw out a lawsuit by a woman who claims she was injured in an earthquake caused by the injection of wastewater. Lincoln County District Judge Cynthia Ferrell Ashwood …
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12, 2015
P/C Industry Growing and Aligning Its Charitable Giving
U.S. property/casualty insurers have increased their charitable giving by an average of 15 percent since 2011, to an industry total of $575 million, outpacing inflation and moving closer to what many industry leaders believe the public expects, according to the …
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12, 2015
Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court to Reject Marijuana Lawsuit
Despite its opposition to making marijuana use legal, the Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit from Nebraska and Oklahoma that seeks to declare Colorado’s pot legalization unconstitutional. The Justice Department’s top courtroom lawyer said in …